Panasonic L10 vs Pentax K-50

Below is a comprehensive review of the Panasonic L10 and Pentax K-50, one being a Advanced DSLR and the other is a Entry-Level DSLR by brands Panasonic and Pentax. There is a crucial difference among the sensor resolutions of the L10 (10MP) and K-50 (16MP) and the L10 (Four Thirds) and K-50 (APS-C) enjoy different sensor measurements.

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The L10 was revealed 7 years earlier than the K-50 and that is a fairly serious gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Panasonic L10 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Pentax K-50 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before going in to a detailed comparison, below is a short summation of how the L10 matches up vs the K-50 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pics for Panasonic Lumix DMC-L10 and Pentax K-50. The full galleries are provided at Panasonic L10 Gallery and Pentax K-50 Gallery.

When you are planning to lug around your camera often, you need to factor its weight and dimensions. The Panasonic L10 provides outer dimensions of 135mm x 96mm x 78mm (5.3" x 3.8" x 3.1") having a weight of 556 grams (1.23 lbs) while the Pentax K-50 has dimensions of 130mm x 97mm x 71mm (5.1" x 3.8" x 2.8") with a weight of 650 grams (1.43 lbs).

Look at the Panasonic L10 and Pentax K-50 in the new Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into account, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary depending on the lens you are using at the time. Below is the front view size comparison of the L10 and the K-50.

Using size and weight, the portability grade of the L10 and K-50 is 66 and 63 respectively.

Generally, its tough to picture the difference in sensor measurements purely by viewing technical specs. The visual underneath will help offer you a stronger sense of the sensor dimensions in the L10 and K-50.

As you have seen, both of those cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The L10 using its smaller sensor is going to make getting shallower depth of field more difficult and the Pentax K-50 will result in more detail because of its extra 6MP. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop pics somewhat more aggressively. The older L10 will be behind with regard to sensor tech.